Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.2
Points
8.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
53863
Points per Word
0.000149
Page Count
181
Points per Page
0.044199
Description
A Texas boy spends a year in captivity on a Mexican hacienda, where he learns respect and affection for the Mexican culture and gains an understanding of what freedom really means.